{{translation|'''Anko Mitarashi'''|みたらしアンコ|Mitarashi Anko}} is a [[tokubetsu jōnin]]-level [[Wikipedia:Kunoichi|kunoichi]] of [[Konohagakure]].

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{{translation|'''Anko Mitarashi'''|みたらしアンコ|Mitarashi Anko}} is a [[tokubetsu jōnin]] of [[Konohagakure]].

== Background ==

== Background ==

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[[File:Team Hayate vs Team Anko.png|thumb|left|Anko and her team-mates during the Chūnin Exams.]]

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[[File:Team Anko vs Team Hayate.png|thumb|left|Anko and her team-mates during the Chūnin Exams.]]

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Anko was once the student of [[Orochimaru]]. During the second test of the [[Chūnin Exams]], Anko and her [[Kabuto's Sensei|team-mates]] confronted [[Hayate Gekkō]] and [[Ibiki Morino|his]] [[Tokara|team-mates]].<ref name="chpt599">''Naruto'' chapter 599, pages 2-4</ref> Some time later she, along with nine others, were used by Orochimaru to test the finalised versions of the [[Cursed Seal of Heaven]] he developed from synthesising the enzymes of [[Jūgo]] with his own chakra. Of the ten subjects, Anko was the only survivor. This in turn established the one-in-ten survival rate of those who are inflicted with the cursed seal.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 50, page 15</ref>

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Anko was once the student of [[Orochimaru]]. During the second round of the [[Chūnin Exams]], Anko and her [[Kabuto's Sensei|team-mates]] confronted [[Hayate Gekkō]] and [[Ibiki Morino|his]] [[Tokara|team-mates]].<ref name="chpt599">Chapter 599, pages 2-4</ref> Some time later she, along with nine others, were used by Orochimaru to test the finalised versions of the [[Cursed Seal of Heaven]] he developed from synthesising the enzymes of [[Jūgo]] with his own chakra. Of the ten subjects, Anko was the only survivor. This in turn established the one-in-ten survival rate of those who are inflicted with the cursed seal.<ref>Chapter 50, page 15</ref>

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[[File:Orochimaru and Anko.png|thumb|left|Anko depicted with Orochimaru.]]

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{{ImgRight|Orochimaru and Anko.png|Anko depicted with Orochimaru.}}

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In the anime, after her ordeal ended while at the Land of the Sea, Anko refused to follow her mentor. Seeing that she is more valuable to him alive for the sake of his research, Orochimaru altered Anko's memory into believing that she was abandoned for not having the ideal drive to fuel the cursed seal.<ref>''Naruto'' episode 173</ref> She was found by Konoha ninja soon after and was brought to the village with a grudge on Orochimaru since.

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In the anime, after her ordeal ended while at the Land of the Sea, Anko refused to follow her mentor. Seeing that she was more valuable to him alive for the sake of his research, Orochimaru altered Anko's memory into believing that she was abandoned for not having the ideal drive to fuel the cursed seal.<ref>''Naruto'' episode 173</ref> She was found by Konoha ninja soon after and was brought to the village with a grudge on Orochimaru ever since.

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== Personality ==

== Personality ==

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[[File:Anko Mitarashi full.jpg|thumb|Anko makes her début.]]

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[[File:Anko Mitarashi.png|thumb|left|Anko makes her début.]]

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Anko is easygoing, tomboyish, playful, stubborn, short-tempered and sometimes hyperactive, which makes her somewhat similar to [[Naruto Uzumaki]] in many ways.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 44, page 15</ref> Despite portraying several "Naruto-like" habits, she has shown to be very knowledgeable and studious. However, she is also shown to have a bloodthirsty (in a literal sense) side, as shown when she scratched Naruto's face with a [[kunai]], and licked away his blood (in the anime, she merely used her finger to wipe it off).<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 45, pages 3-4</ref> Anko has also shown a slightly sadistic side and is seemingly not the most sympathetic of people, which comes as no surprise, being the former student of Orochimaru. Anko is also a very strict and blunt person, wasting no time in announcing bad news. She regularly makes sure to have at least basic knowledge of the landscape for which her next mission will take place.

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Anko is easygoing, tomboyish, playful, stubborn, bold, rough, short-tempered and sometimes hyperactive, which makes her somewhat similar to [[Naruto Uzumaki]] in many ways.<ref>Chapter 44, page 15</ref> Despite portraying several "Naruto-like" habits, she has shown to be very knowledgeable and studious. However, she is also shown to have a bloodthirsty (in a literal sense) side, as shown when she scratched Naruto's face with a [[kunai]], and licked away his blood (in the anime, she merely used her finger to wipe it off).<ref>Chapter 45, pages 3-4</ref> Anko has also shown a slightly sadistic side and is seemingly not the most sympathetic of people, which comes as no surprise, being the former student of Orochimaru. However, she does genuinely care about her comrades or people who suffer as shown in her encouraging words to Isaribi during the Kaima Capture Mission. Anko is also a very strict and blunt person, wasting no time in announcing bad news. She regularly makes sure to have at least basic knowledge of the landscape for which her next mission will take place. Anko is also highly self-confident in terms of her own abilities, frequently opting to face a powerful opponent single-handedly or continue a dangerous mission alone.

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[[File:Anko's personality.png|thumb|left|Anko is told that her entrance is premature.]]

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[[File:Anko's personality.png|thumb|right|Anko is told that her entrance is premature.]]

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As shown in flashbacks during the [[Landofthe Sea Arc]], Anko greatly admired [[Orochimaru]] while under his tutelage, seeing him as a role model and was inspired to be more like him. After being branded by Orochimaru with the cursed seal, Anko became enraged and carried a deep loathing for her former teacher. From there on, Anko continues to search for Orochimaru in hopes of taking him down, feeling that it is her duty as his former subordinate to stop him, even at the cost of her life.

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As shown in flashbacks during the [[KaimaCaptureMission]], Anko greatly admired [[Orochimaru]] while under his tutelage, seeing him as a role model and was inspired to be more like him. After being branded by Orochimaru with the cursed seal, Anko became enraged and carried a deep loathing for her former teacher. From there on, Anko continues to search for Orochimaru in hopes of taking him down, feeling that it is her duty as his former subordinate to stop him, even at the cost of her life.

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== Appearance ==

== Appearance ==

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[[File:Anko Mitarashi full.png|thumb|Anko's full appearance.]]

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[[File:Anko Mitarashi full.png|thumb|left|Anko's full appearance.]]

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Anko has light brown, pupil-less eyes, and black hair which has a blue tint to it,<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 604, pages 3-4</ref> (depicted as violet in the anime) which is styled in a short, spiky, fanned-ponytail. She is commonly seen wearing a tan overcoat with a purple in-seam, which has a pocket on both sides, and complete with a fitted mesh body suit that stretches from her neck down to her thighs.<ref name="animeprofiles">''Naruto Anime Profiles Volume 1'', episodes 1-37, page 198</ref> She wears a dark orange mini-skirt, as well as a [[forehead protector]], a small pendant that looks like a snake fang on a thick cord rather than a chain to prevent it from being easily torn off in combat, a wrist watch, and shin guards. She also wears a dark blue belt around her waist that connects to her skirt that has an appendage-like sash. The [[Cursed Seal of Heaven]], which takesthe appearance of three [[tomoe]], was at the back of her neck on the left side before Sasuke Uchiha removed it with the [[Evil Releasing Method]].

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Anko has light brown, pupil-less eyes, and black hair which has a blue tint to it,<ref>Chapter 604, pages 3-4</ref> (depicted as violet in the anime) which is styled in a short, spiky, fanned-ponytail. She is commonly seen wearing a tan overcoat with a purple in-seam, which has a pocket on both sides, and complete with a fitted mesh body suit that stretches from her neck down to her thighs.<ref name="animeprofiles">''Naruto Anime Profiles Volume 1'', episodes 1-37, page 198</ref> She wears a dark orange mini-skirt, as well as a [[forehead protector]], a small pendant that looks like a snake fang on a thick cord rather than a chain to prevent it from being easily torn off in combat, a wrist watch, and pale grey shin guards. She also wears a dark blue belt around her waist that connects to her skirt that has an appendage-like sash. The [[Cursed Seal of Heaven]], which appearedas three [[tomoe]], was at the back of her neck on the left side before [[Sasuke Uchiha]] removed it with the [[Evil Releasing Method]].

As a child, Anko wore a short-sleeved burgundy T-shirt and khaki shorts, as well as knee-high mesh stockings, white wristbands, black shinobi sandals, and would occasionally wear a beige backpack. When she took the Chūnin Exams, she wore a sleeveless fishnet mesh shirt, dark shorts, along with fishnet armbands that reach to her elbows, and knee-length boots.<ref name="chpt599"/>

As a child, Anko wore a short-sleeved burgundy T-shirt and khaki shorts, as well as knee-high mesh stockings, white wristbands, black shinobi sandals, and would occasionally wear a beige backpack. When she took the Chūnin Exams, she wore a sleeveless fishnet mesh shirt, dark shorts, along with fishnet armbands that reach to her elbows, and knee-length boots.<ref name="chpt599"/>

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Years after the Fourth Ninja War, she appears significantly chubbier due to spending time eating with Chōji's daughter. Also, she started to wear red lipstick. Her mesh body suit is now replaced with an orange blouse, with a white coat cape over it.

As a child, Anko's talent for ninja arts werepresumablyhigh,asshown from Orochimaru'sinitial interest in her, even comparing her abilities to Sasuke. Her training with Orochimarumadeherapowerfulfighter as she was shown to have very quick reflexes and precise aim.Thefactthatshewassenttoleadtheteamsearchingfor[[Kabuto]]is strongly suggestive of how much Konoha respects her skills. During her brief scuffle with Orochimaru, she was able to outmanoeuvre him several times. Shewasalsoable to counter [[Kabuto Yakushi]]'s ambush, despite losing to him. In the anime, it was also stated that she had also built up an immunity to poisons due to Orochimaru in a similar manner as what he had done with Sasuke.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 261</ref>

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As a child, Anko showed high talent for the ninja arts,havingdrawntheattentionof Orochimaru,who even compared her abilities to Sasuke. Her training with theSanningreatlyimprovedherskills as she showed quick reflexes and precise aim,makingaperfectKonohasymboloutofdangostickswithoutlooking.<ref>Chapter49,page3</ref> During a brief scuffle with Orochimaru, she could outmanoeuvre him several times. Asafurthertestament to her skills, Anko was sent to lead the team searching for [[Kabuto Yakushi]], even countering his ambush despite losing to him. In the anime, it was stated she had built up an immunity to poisons in a similar manner to what Orochimaru had done with Sasuke.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 261</ref>

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Shehasgoodaim, as she made a perfect Konoha symbol out of dango sticks without looking.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 49, page 3</ref> In the anime, Anko can use [[Fire Release]] and can use the [[Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique]].<ref>''Naruto'' episode 169</ref>

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===CursedSeal===

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As a child, Anko was branded with the [[Cursed Seal of Heaven]] along with nine other test subjects by Orochimaru, being the only one who survived its effects. Despite having never used it, Kabuto said she retained some of Orochimaru's chakra because of the mere fact that she was branded with it.<ref>Chapter 521, page 17</ref><ref>Chapter 522, page 9</ref> It was fully removed when Sasuke used it as a medium to revive Orochimaru's consciousness and body via the [[Evil Releasing Method]].<ref>Chapter 593, page 9</ref>

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Despiteneverusing the [[Cursed Seal of Heaven]], Kabuto said she retained some of Orochimaru's chakra because of the mere fact that she was branded with it.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 521, page 17</ref><ref>''Naruto'' chapter 522, page 9</ref> It was fully removed when [[Sasuke Uchiha]] used it as a medium to revive Orochimaru's consciousness and body via the [[Evil Releasing Method]].<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 593, page 9</ref>

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===Ninjutsu===

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==== Nature Transformation ====

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In the anime, Anko displayed competent use of nature transformation as she was using a powerful [[Fire Release]] technique, the [[Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique]].<ref>''Naruto'' episode 169</ref>

Anko knows several forbidden and snake-related techniques taught to her by Orochimaru, the most notable of which is [[Twin Snakes Mutual Death Technique]] — a murder-suicide technique she attempted to use to eliminate her former sensei in the Forest of Death for the sake of her village.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 50, page 13</ref>

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Anko knows several forbidden and snake-related techniques taught to her by Orochimaru, the most notable of which is [[Twin Snakes Mutual Death Technique]] — a murder-suicide technique she attempted to use to eliminate her former sensei in the Forest of Death for the sake of her village.<ref>Chapter 50, page 13</ref>

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She also has the ability to [[Summoning Technique|summon]] [[snakes]] and use them for the [[Hidden Shadow Snake Hands]] technique<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 50, page 10</ref> and its [[Many Hidden Shadow Snake Hands|stronger variant]].<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 516, pages 8-9</ref>

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She also has the ability to [[Summoning Technique|summon]] [[snakes]] and use them for the [[Hidden Shadow Snake Hands]] technique<ref>Chapter 50, page 10</ref> and its [[Many Hidden Shadow Snake Hands|stronger variant]].<ref>Chapter 516, pages 8-9</ref>

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== Part I ==

== Part I ==

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=== Chūnin Exam Arc ===

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=== Chūnin Exams ===

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[[File:Anko intimidates Naruto.png|thumb|left|Anko intimidates Naruto during the second examination.]]

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[[File:Anko intimidates Naruto.png|thumb|right|Anko intimidates Naruto during the second examination.]]

Anko was the proctor for the second exam, which she announced during [[Ibiki Morino]]'s speech, after she made a rather loud entrance into his class, annoying him since she was early. During the second exam, [[Izumo Kamizuki]], [[Kotetsu Hagane]], and [[Mozuku]] notified her of three dead [[Kusagakure]] ninja. Anko saw that all of their faces had been stolen, and, after she recognised the face-stealing technique, she demanded the Kusa-nin's IDs. After seeing the IDs, Anko realised that the Kusa ninja, who she met earlier, was [[Orochimaru]] in disguise. Later, she arrived at a confrontation with Orochimaru, and it was revealed that he used to be her sensei.

Anko was the proctor for the second exam, which she announced during [[Ibiki Morino]]'s speech, after she made a rather loud entrance into his class, annoying him since she was early. During the second exam, [[Izumo Kamizuki]], [[Kotetsu Hagane]], and [[Mozuku]] notified her of three dead [[Kusagakure]] ninja. Anko saw that all of their faces had been stolen, and, after she recognised the face-stealing technique, she demanded the Kusa-nin's IDs. After seeing the IDs, Anko realised that the Kusa ninja, who she met earlier, was [[Orochimaru]] in disguise. Later, she arrived at a confrontation with Orochimaru, and it was revealed that he used to be her sensei.

Orochimaru was able to reawaken her cursed seal during their battle in the Forest of Death, thus incapacitating her with the pain and ending their fight. She then rushed to inform the [[Third Hokage]], and then found by the [[ANBU]]. During the preliminaries, she strongly requested to pull [[Sasuke Uchiha]] out of the exams in order to keep the cursed seal under control, but was denied. Feeling guilty that she was unable to kill Orochimaru, she later talked over her encounter with the Third Hokage, but he reassured her that it wasn't her fault that Orochimaru got away.

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Orochimaru was able to reawaken her cursed seal during their battle in the Forest of Death, thus incapacitating her with the pain and ending their fight.<ref>Chapter 50, pages 14-17</ref> She then rushed to inform the [[Third Hokage]], and then found by the [[Anbu]]. During the preliminaries, she strongly requested to pull [[Sasuke Uchiha]] out of the exams in order to keep the cursed seal under control, but was denied. Feeling guilty that she was unable to kill Orochimaru, she later talked over her encounter with the Third Hokage, but he reassured her that it wasn't her fault that Orochimaru got away.<ref>Chapter 64, pages 18-19</ref>

In the anime, she appears briefly in her favourite [[Dango Shop|dumpling restaurant]] where Naruto asks her about the legacy of the Fourth Hokage, but quickly becomes angry with him when he eats her dumplings without permission and chases him away by throwing dumpling sticks at him like [[senbon]].<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 170</ref>

In the anime, she appears briefly in her favourite [[Dango Shop|dumpling restaurant]] where Naruto asks her about the legacy of the Fourth Hokage, but quickly becomes angry with him when he eats her dumplings without permission and chases him away by throwing dumpling sticks at him like [[senbon]].<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 170</ref>

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=== Invasion of Konoha Arc ===

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=== Konoha Crush ===

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When the Oto and Suna villages invaded Konohagakure, she did not take the front lines, and instead assisted civilian villagers in getting away from harm by evacuating to the [[Hokage Monument]]. Anko was later seen attending the Third Hokage's funeral, mourning his death.

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When the [[Oto]] and [[Suna]] villages invaded Konoha, she did not take the front lines, and instead assisted civilian villagers in getting away from harm by evacuating to the [[Hokage Monument]]. Anko was later seen attending the Third Hokage's funeral, mourning his death.

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=== Search for Tsunade Arc ===

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=== Search for Tsunade ===

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In the anime, Anko makes an appearance along with most of the village to watch Tsunade's inauguration as Hokage.<ref>''Naruto'' episode 100</ref>

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In the anime, Anko makes an appearance along with most of the village to watch [[Tsunade]]'s inauguration as Hokage.<ref>''Naruto'' episode 100</ref>

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=== Sasuke RetrievalArc ===

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=== Sasuke RecoveryMission ===

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In the anime, Anko is seen alongside [[Ibiki]], [[Tsunade]] and [[Genma]] as [[Shikamaru]] is promoted to [[chūnin]].<ref>''Naruto'' episode 107</ref>

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In the anime, Anko is seen alongside Tsunade, [[Ibiki]], and [[Genma]] as [[Shikamaru]] is promoted to [[chūnin]].<ref>''Naruto'' episode 107</ref>

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=== CurryofLifeArc ===

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=== KurosukiFamilyRemovalMission ===

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In the anime, Anko appears briefly after returning from an escort mission in the [[Land of Swamps]]. While Tsunade congratulates Anko on a job well done, she absent-mindedly takes her last dango stick, which irritates Tsunade and frightens Shizune.<ref>''Naruto'' episode 152</ref>

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In the anime, Anko appears briefly after returning from an escort mission in the [[Land of Swamps]]. While Tsunade congratulates Anko on a job well done, she absent-mindedly takes her last dango stick, which irritates Tsunade and frightens [[Shizune]].<ref>''Naruto'' episode 152</ref>

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=== KaimaCaptureMission ===

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[[File:Remembrance The Lost Page.JPG|thumb|left|Anko and her team deploy.]]

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[[File:Remembrance The Lost Page.png|thumb|right|Anko and her team deploy.]]

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In the anime, Anko's past was explored somewhat from a nightmare of when she was still Orochimaru's apprentice. She led Naruto, [[Ino Yamanaka]], and [[Shino Aburame]] on a mission to protect a shipping convoy in the Land of the Sea, which was the country where she was found after Orochimaru had branded her with his Cursed Seal, and subsequently abandoned her. Because her memories were intentionally erased of the event, she was purposefully sent to the Land of the Sea by Tsunade in order for her to regain her memories of the event. After the mission, Anko found her way back to the place where she received the Cursed Seal and regained her full memory of how she and Orochimaru parted ways. She was glad to discover that she was not tossed away like trash as she first had thought, but chose to leave him herself.

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In the anime, Anko's past was explored somewhat from a nightmare of when she was still Orochimaru's apprentice. She led Naruto, [[Ino Yamanaka]], and [[Shino Aburame]] on a mission to protect a shipping convoy in the [[Land of the Sea]], which was the country where she was found after Orochimaru had branded her with his Cursed Seal, and subsequently abandoned her. Because her memories were intentionally erased of the event, she was purposefully sent to the Land of the Sea by Tsunade in order for her to regain her memories of the event. After the mission, Anko found her way back to the place where she received the Cursed Seal and regained her full memory of how she and Orochimaru parted ways. She was glad to discover that she was not tossed away like trash as she first had thought, but chose to leave him herself.

== Part II ==

== Part II ==

Anko made a number of cameos in the ''[[Naruto: Shippūden]]'' anime; when Kakashi recalls Jiraiya's warning about Naruto's transformation in the dumpling shop, Anko is seen walking in front of it.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 30</ref> Anko is also seen during one of Naruto's dreams, he interrupted a number of [[Wikipedia:kunoichi|kunoichi]] (amongst them was Anko) relaxing in a hot spring while he was peeking.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 37</ref> She later appeared at [[Asuma]]'s funeral, along with several other characters not present at the funeral in the manga.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 82</ref> She was also mentioned by Naruto in one of the anime's ending sketches; in the sketch, Naruto invited [[Chiyo]] to try Konoha's best dumpling restaurant, saying that even the "scary snake lady" liked to eat in this place.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 20 omake</ref>

Anko made a number of cameos in the ''[[Naruto: Shippūden]]'' anime; when Kakashi recalls Jiraiya's warning about Naruto's transformation in the dumpling shop, Anko is seen walking in front of it.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 30</ref> Anko is also seen during one of Naruto's dreams, he interrupted a number of [[Wikipedia:kunoichi|kunoichi]] (amongst them was Anko) relaxing in a hot spring while he was peeking.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 37</ref> She later appeared at [[Asuma]]'s funeral, along with several other characters not present at the funeral in the manga.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 82</ref> She was also mentioned by Naruto in one of the anime's ending sketches; in the sketch, Naruto invited [[Chiyo]] to try Konoha's best dumpling restaurant, saying that even the "scary snake lady" liked to eat in this place.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 20 omake</ref>

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=== Itachi Pursuit Mission ===

In the anime, after Sasuke absorbed Orochimaru, Anko was shown to be on a mission with [[Mozuku]] and [[Iwashi]]. Sensing someone behind her, she threw a kunai into a bush and killed a white snake. Knowing that a white snake was Orochimaru's signature, she covered her seal with her hand and looked toward the sky ominously. Also, she was seen in Orochimaru's flashback when he talked of the white snake skin. He offered to teach her about immortality, which she eagerly accepted.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 114</ref>

In the anime, after Sasuke absorbed Orochimaru, Anko was shown to be on a mission with [[Mozuku]] and [[Iwashi]]. Sensing someone behind her, she threw a kunai into a bush and killed a white snake. Knowing that a white snake was Orochimaru's signature, she covered her seal with her hand and looked toward the sky ominously. Also, she was seen in Orochimaru's flashback when he talked of the white snake skin. He offered to teach her about immortality, which she eagerly accepted.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 114</ref>

Before Pain attacked, Anko, [[Sai]] and [[Yamato]] were dispatched to track and locate [[Kabuto Yakushi]]. Anko cautioned the rest of them to not let Kabuto detect them. However, right after discovering his location, Yamato is forced to return to the village, detecting that [[Naruto]] had achieved his [[Naruto Uzumaki's Jinchūriki Forms#Version 2|six-tailed transformation]].

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Before Pain attacked, Anko, [[Sai]] and [[Yamato]] were dispatched to track and locate [[Kabuto Yakushi]]. Anko cautioned the rest of them to not let Kabuto detect them. However, right after discovering his location, Yamato is forced to return to the village, detecting that [[Naruto]] had achieved his [[Version 2|six-tailed transformation]].

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=== ConfiningtheJinchūrikiArc ===

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=== FourthShinobiWorldWar: Countdown ===

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[[File:Anko's unit.png|thumb|right|Anko and her team investigate the corpses.]]

Anko and a restaffed [[Infiltration and Reconnaissance Party]] pick up Kabuto's trail again, eventually coming across three dead [[Takigakure]] ninja. Examining the damage done to their bodies, Anko concludes that Kabuto has finally gained control over Orochimaru's remains. Although suspicious about why Kabuto is leaving bodies behind for them to follow - fearing a trap - they continue to follow the trail of bodies to the [[Mountains' Graveyard]]. There, Anko has [[Tokuma Hyūga‎]] use his [[Byakugan]] to examine the area. He informs her that Kabuto is in the company of "[[Tobi|Madara Uchiha]]". Believing they have found the [[Akatsuki]] base, Anko immediately sends word of their discovery to Konoha, only briefly wondering why Kabuto would lead them there.

Anko and a restaffed [[Infiltration and Reconnaissance Party]] pick up Kabuto's trail again, eventually coming across three dead [[Takigakure]] ninja. Examining the damage done to their bodies, Anko concludes that Kabuto has finally gained control over Orochimaru's remains. Although suspicious about why Kabuto is leaving bodies behind for them to follow - fearing a trap - they continue to follow the trail of bodies to the [[Mountains' Graveyard]]. There, Anko has [[Tokuma Hyūga‎]] use his [[Byakugan]] to examine the area. He informs her that Kabuto is in the company of "[[Tobi|Madara Uchiha]]". Believing they have found the [[Akatsuki]] base, Anko immediately sends word of their discovery to Konoha, only briefly wondering why Kabuto would lead them there.

Anko and her team continue to monitor the Mountains' Graveyard. When Tokuma reports unusual activity, Anko has [[Muta Aburame]] scout the area. He reports thousands of [[White Zetsu Army|living beings]] moving beneath the ground. With it clear that Akatsuki is mobilising for war, Anko instructs her team to make contact with the [[Allied Shinobi Forces]] while she goes after [[Kabuto]]. She tries to sneak up on Kabuto and attacks him, but is quickly defeated. Though Tobi ordered him to kill Anko, Kabuto kept her in a comatose state so he can [[Chakra Draining Seal|extract the trace amounts of Orochimaru's chakra]] within her to increase his power and control over the ninja he reincarnated with the [[Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation]].

Anko and her team continue to monitor the Mountains' Graveyard. When Tokuma reports unusual activity, Anko has [[Muta Aburame]] scout the area. He reports thousands of [[White Zetsu Army|living beings]] moving beneath the ground. With it clear that Akatsuki is mobilising for war, Anko instructs her team to make contact with the [[Allied Shinobi Forces]] while she goes after [[Kabuto]]. She tries to sneak up on Kabuto and attacks him, but is quickly defeated. Though Tobi ordered him to kill Anko, Kabuto kept her in a comatose state so he can [[Chakra Draining Seal|extract the trace amounts of Orochimaru's chakra]] within her to increase his power and control over the ninja he reincarnated with the [[Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation]].

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===FourthShinobiWorldWar:Climax===

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Throughout the entirety of the fight between Kabuto and the [[Uchiha]]siblings, [[Sasuke]] and [[Itachi]], Anko remained undisturbed on the floor of the cave. Once Kabuto had been defeated and the Impure World Reincarnation was released, [[Suigetsu Hōzuki]] and [[Jūgo]] arrived with the latter noticing Anko's body, alerting the others. Jūgo picked up Anko's body, causing Sasuke to notice the cursed seal onher neck. Sasuke then declared that he was going to speak with Orochimaru, the cursed seal having contained a fragment of its creator's mind and saw events unfold through Anko. Once Sasuke used the [[Evil Releasing Method]] to revive Orochimaru, Anko's cursed seal was removed in the process.

Throughout the entirety of the fight between Kabuto and the [[Uchiha]] siblings, [[Sasuke]] and [[Itachi]], Anko remained undisturbed on the floor of the cave. Once Kabuto had been defeated and the Impure World Reincarnation was released, [[Suigetsu Hōzuki]] and [[Jūgo]] arrived with the latter noticing Anko's body, alerting the others. Jūgo picked up Anko's body, causing Sasuke to notice the cursed seal on her neck. Sasuke then declared that he was going to speak with Orochimaru, the cursed seal having contained a fragment of its creator's mind and saw events unfold through Anko. Once Sasuke used the [[Evil Releasing Method]] to revive Orochimaru, Anko's cursed seal vanished. She was then, still unconscious, left in the cave.

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== Epilogue ==

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Anko eventually returned to the village after the end of the [[Fourth Shinobi World War]]. Many years later, she became an instructor at the [[Academy]], gaining a noticeably large amount of weight. She is also close to her student [[Chōchō Akimichi]], taking her after classes to the dango shop to eat some anmitsu.

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== Trivia ==

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* Anko is [[Kishimoto]]'s favourite female character, due to her "relationship with Orochimaru".<ref name="animeprofiles"/>

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* Anko is [[Kishimoto]]'s favourite female character, due to her "relationship with Orochimaru".<ref name="animeprofiles"/>

* Anko is quite popular for a side-character, and even came in 11th place, right behind [[Hinata]], in the first official character poll.

* Anko is quite popular for a side-character, and even came in 11th place, right behind [[Hinata]], in the first official character poll.

* Anko Mitarashi's name is derived from the sweet red bean paste used in popular dango, while her family name is after the Mitarashi syrup.

* Anko Mitarashi's name is derived from the sweet red bean paste used in popular dango, while her family name is after the Mitarashi syrup.

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* Studio Pierrot's Settei sheets of Anko show that she was 143cm when she was first part of Orochimaru's genin team.

* (To the [[genin]]) "''Heads up, boys and girls, this is no time to be celebrating! I'll be your next proctor. Anko Mitarashi. You ready for the second test? Good! Then let's go, follow me!''"<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 44, pages 14-15</ref>

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* (To the [[genin]]) "''Heads up, boys and girls, this is no time to be celebrating! I'll be your next proctor. Anko Mitarashi. You ready for the second test? Good! Then let's go, follow me!''"<ref>Chapter 44, pages 14-15</ref>

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* (To [[Naruto]]) "''Tough guys like you usually leave their blood all over this [[Forty-fourth Training Ground|forest]].''"<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 45, pages 2-3</ref>

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* (To [[Naruto]]) "''Tough guys like you usually leave their blood all over this [[Forty-Fourth Training Ground|forest]].''"<ref>Chapter 45, pages 2-3</ref>

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* (To [[Orochimaru]], before engaging him) "''This is no time to reminisce, you’re an S-class criminal, top of the most wanted list. You’ve got to be taken down, and it's only fitting that I'm the one to do it. 'Cause after all, you're the one that taught me everything, right, Sensei?''"<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 50, page 7</ref>

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* (To [[Orochimaru]], before engaging him) "''This is no time to reminisce, you’re an S-class criminal, top of the most wanted list. You've got to be taken down, and it's only fitting that I'm the one to do it. 'Cause after all, you're the one that taught me everything, right, Sensei?''"<ref>Chapter 50, page 7</ref>

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* (To [[Kakashi]], about [[Sasuke]]) "''I don’t care what the heck he is! If he stays, he's a danger to everyone! Don't you see!? As he gets stronger, so does the Cursed Seal! That thing is feeding off his chakra! It's a forbidden technique that devours the one who bears it! It's incredible the kid's still standing. By now, he… should be dead.''"<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 66, page 15</ref>

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* (To [[Kakashi]], about [[Sasuke]]) "''I don’t care what the heck he is! If he stays, he's a danger to everyone! Don't you see!? As he gets stronger, so does the Cursed Seal! That thing is feeding off his chakra! It's a forbidden technique that devours the one who bears it! It's incredible the kid's still standing. By now, he… should be dead.''"<ref>Chapter 66, page 15</ref>

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Anko was once the student of Orochimaru. During the second round of the Chūnin Exams, Anko and her team-mates confronted Hayate Gekkō and histeam-mates.[3] Some time later she, along with nine others, were used by Orochimaru to test the finalised versions of the Cursed Seal of Heaven he developed from synthesising the enzymes of Jūgo with his own chakra. Of the ten subjects, Anko was the only survivor. This in turn established the one-in-ten survival rate of those who are inflicted with the cursed seal.[4]

Anko depicted with Orochimaru.

In the anime, after her ordeal ended while at the Land of the Sea, Anko refused to follow her mentor. Seeing that she was more valuable to him alive for the sake of his research, Orochimaru altered Anko's memory into believing that she was abandoned for not having the ideal drive to fuel the cursed seal.[5] She was found by Konoha ninja soon after and was brought to the village with a grudge on Orochimaru ever since.

Anko is easygoing, tomboyish, playful, stubborn, bold, rough, short-tempered and sometimes hyperactive, which makes her somewhat similar to Naruto Uzumaki in many ways.[6] Despite portraying several "Naruto-like" habits, she has shown to be very knowledgeable and studious. However, she is also shown to have a bloodthirsty (in a literal sense) side, as shown when she scratched Naruto's face with a kunai, and licked away his blood (in the anime, she merely used her finger to wipe it off).[7] Anko has also shown a slightly sadistic side and is seemingly not the most sympathetic of people, which comes as no surprise, being the former student of Orochimaru. However, she does genuinely care about her comrades or people who suffer as shown in her encouraging words to Isaribi during the Kaima Capture Mission. Anko is also a very strict and blunt person, wasting no time in announcing bad news. She regularly makes sure to have at least basic knowledge of the landscape for which her next mission will take place. Anko is also highly self-confident in terms of her own abilities, frequently opting to face a powerful opponent single-handedly or continue a dangerous mission alone.

Anko is told that her entrance is premature.

As shown in flashbacks during the Kaima Capture Mission, Anko greatly admired Orochimaru while under his tutelage, seeing him as a role model and was inspired to be more like him. After being branded by Orochimaru with the cursed seal, Anko became enraged and carried a deep loathing for her former teacher. From there on, Anko continues to search for Orochimaru in hopes of taking him down, feeling that it is her duty as his former subordinate to stop him, even at the cost of her life.

Anko has light brown, pupil-less eyes, and black hair which has a blue tint to it,[8] (depicted as violet in the anime) which is styled in a short, spiky, fanned-ponytail. She is commonly seen wearing a tan overcoat with a purple in-seam, which has a pocket on both sides, and complete with a fitted mesh body suit that stretches from her neck down to her thighs.[9] She wears a dark orange mini-skirt, as well as a forehead protector, a small pendant that looks like a snake fang on a thick cord rather than a chain to prevent it from being easily torn off in combat, a wrist watch, and pale grey shin guards. She also wears a dark blue belt around her waist that connects to her skirt that has an appendage-like sash. The Cursed Seal of Heaven, which appeared as three tomoe, was at the back of her neck on the left side before Sasuke Uchiha removed it with the Evil Releasing Method.

As a child, Anko wore a short-sleeved burgundy T-shirt and khaki shorts, as well as knee-high mesh stockings, white wristbands, black shinobi sandals, and would occasionally wear a beige backpack. When she took the Chūnin Exams, she wore a sleeveless fishnet mesh shirt, dark shorts, along with fishnet armbands that reach to her elbows, and knee-length boots.[3]

Years after the Fourth Ninja War, she appears significantly chubbier due to spending time eating with Chōji's daughter. Also, she started to wear red lipstick. Her mesh body suit is now replaced with an orange blouse, with a white coat cape over it.

As a child, Anko showed high talent for the ninja arts, having drawn the attention of Orochimaru, who even compared her abilities to Sasuke. Her training with the Sannin greatly improved her skills as she showed quick reflexes and precise aim, making a perfect Konoha symbol out of dango sticks without looking.[10] During a brief scuffle with Orochimaru, she could outmanoeuvre him several times. As a further testament to her skills, Anko was sent to lead the team searching for Kabuto Yakushi, even countering his ambush despite losing to him. In the anime, it was stated she had built up an immunity to poisons in a similar manner to what Orochimaru had done with Sasuke.[11]

As a child, Anko was branded with the Cursed Seal of Heaven along with nine other test subjects by Orochimaru, being the only one who survived its effects. Despite having never used it, Kabuto said she retained some of Orochimaru's chakra because of the mere fact that she was branded with it.[12][13] It was fully removed when Sasuke used it as a medium to revive Orochimaru's consciousness and body via the Evil Releasing Method.[14]

Anko knows several forbidden and snake-related techniques taught to her by Orochimaru, the most notable of which is Twin Snakes Mutual Death Technique — a murder-suicide technique she attempted to use to eliminate her former sensei in the Forest of Death for the sake of her village.[16]

Anko was the proctor for the second exam, which she announced during Ibiki Morino's speech, after she made a rather loud entrance into his class, annoying him since she was early. During the second exam, Izumo Kamizuki, Kotetsu Hagane, and Mozuku notified her of three dead Kusagakure ninja. Anko saw that all of their faces had been stolen, and, after she recognised the face-stealing technique, she demanded the Kusa-nin's IDs. After seeing the IDs, Anko realised that the Kusa ninja, who she met earlier, was Orochimaru in disguise. Later, she arrived at a confrontation with Orochimaru, and it was revealed that he used to be her sensei.

Anko encounters Orochimaru in the forest.

Orochimaru was able to reawaken her cursed seal during their battle in the Forest of Death, thus incapacitating her with the pain and ending their fight.[19] She then rushed to inform the Third Hokage, and then found by the Anbu. During the preliminaries, she strongly requested to pull Sasuke Uchiha out of the exams in order to keep the cursed seal under control, but was denied. Feeling guilty that she was unable to kill Orochimaru, she later talked over her encounter with the Third Hokage, but he reassured her that it wasn't her fault that Orochimaru got away.[20]

In the anime, she appears briefly in her favourite dumpling restaurant where Naruto asks her about the legacy of the Fourth Hokage, but quickly becomes angry with him when he eats her dumplings without permission and chases him away by throwing dumpling sticks at him like senbon.[21]

When the Oto and Suna villages invaded Konoha, she did not take the front lines, and instead assisted civilian villagers in getting away from harm by evacuating to the Hokage Monument. Anko was later seen attending the Third Hokage's funeral, mourning his death.

In the anime, Anko appears briefly after returning from an escort mission in the Land of Swamps. While Tsunade congratulates Anko on a job well done, she absent-mindedly takes her last dango stick, which irritates Tsunade and frightens Shizune.[24]

In the anime, Anko's past was explored somewhat from a nightmare of when she was still Orochimaru's apprentice. She led Naruto, Ino Yamanaka, and Shino Aburame on a mission to protect a shipping convoy in the Land of the Sea, which was the country where she was found after Orochimaru had branded her with his Cursed Seal, and subsequently abandoned her. Because her memories were intentionally erased of the event, she was purposefully sent to the Land of the Sea by Tsunade in order for her to regain her memories of the event. After the mission, Anko found her way back to the place where she received the Cursed Seal and regained her full memory of how she and Orochimaru parted ways. She was glad to discover that she was not tossed away like trash as she first had thought, but chose to leave him herself.

Anko made a number of cameos in the Naruto: Shippūden anime; when Kakashi recalls Jiraiya's warning about Naruto's transformation in the dumpling shop, Anko is seen walking in front of it.[25] Anko is also seen during one of Naruto's dreams, he interrupted a number of kunoichi (amongst them was Anko) relaxing in a hot spring while he was peeking.[26] She later appeared at Asuma's funeral, along with several other characters not present at the funeral in the manga.[27] She was also mentioned by Naruto in one of the anime's ending sketches; in the sketch, Naruto invited Chiyo to try Konoha's best dumpling restaurant, saying that even the "scary snake lady" liked to eat in this place.[28]

In the anime, after Sasuke absorbed Orochimaru, Anko was shown to be on a mission with Mozuku and Iwashi. Sensing someone behind her, she threw a kunai into a bush and killed a white snake. Knowing that a white snake was Orochimaru's signature, she covered her seal with her hand and looked toward the sky ominously. Also, she was seen in Orochimaru's flashback when he talked of the white snake skin. He offered to teach her about immortality, which she eagerly accepted.[29]

Before Pain attacked, Anko, Sai and Yamato were dispatched to track and locate Kabuto Yakushi. Anko cautioned the rest of them to not let Kabuto detect them. However, right after discovering his location, Yamato is forced to return to the village, detecting that Naruto had achieved his six-tailed transformation.

Anko and a restaffed Infiltration and Reconnaissance Party pick up Kabuto's trail again, eventually coming across three dead Takigakure ninja. Examining the damage done to their bodies, Anko concludes that Kabuto has finally gained control over Orochimaru's remains. Although suspicious about why Kabuto is leaving bodies behind for them to follow - fearing a trap - they continue to follow the trail of bodies to the Mountains' Graveyard. There, Anko has Tokuma Hyūga‎ use his Byakugan to examine the area. He informs her that Kabuto is in the company of "Madara Uchiha". Believing they have found the Akatsuki base, Anko immediately sends word of their discovery to Konoha, only briefly wondering why Kabuto would lead them there.

Anko and her team continue to monitor the Mountains' Graveyard. When Tokuma reports unusual activity, Anko has Muta Aburame scout the area. He reports thousands of living beings moving beneath the ground. With it clear that Akatsuki is mobilising for war, Anko instructs her team to make contact with the Allied Shinobi Forces while she goes after Kabuto. She tries to sneak up on Kabuto and attacks him, but is quickly defeated. Though Tobi ordered him to kill Anko, Kabuto kept her in a comatose state so he can extract the trace amounts of Orochimaru's chakra within her to increase his power and control over the ninja he reincarnated with the Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation.

Throughout the entirety of the fight between Kabuto and the Uchiha siblings, Sasuke and Itachi, Anko remained undisturbed on the floor of the cave. Once Kabuto had been defeated and the Impure World Reincarnation was released, Suigetsu Hōzuki and Jūgo arrived with the latter noticing Anko's body, alerting the others. Jūgo picked up Anko's body, causing Sasuke to notice the cursed seal on her neck. Sasuke then declared that he was going to speak with Orochimaru, the cursed seal having contained a fragment of its creator's mind and saw events unfold through Anko. Once Sasuke used the Evil Releasing Method to revive Orochimaru, Anko's cursed seal vanished. She was then, still unconscious, left in the cave.

Anko eventually returned to the village after the end of the Fourth Shinobi World War. Many years later, she became an instructor at the Academy, gaining a noticeably large amount of weight. She is also close to her student Chōchō Akimichi, taking her after classes to the dango shop to eat some anmitsu.

In the Ultimate Ninja games, Anko has the ability to go into Curse Seal Mode instead of Ultimate Mode when facing Orochimaru.

In some games, she makes non-playable appearances as a background character, a guide when navigating the main menu and various game modes, a shopkeeper for purchasing unlockable items, or an assist character.

(To the genin) "Heads up, boys and girls, this is no time to be celebrating! I'll be your next proctor. Anko Mitarashi. You ready for the second test? Good! Then let's go, follow me!"[30]

(To Naruto) "Tough guys like you usually leave their blood all over this forest."[31]

(To Orochimaru, before engaging him) "This is no time to reminisce, you’re an S-class criminal, top of the most wanted list. You've got to be taken down, and it's only fitting that I'm the one to do it. 'Cause after all, you're the one that taught me everything, right, Sensei?"[32]

(To Kakashi, about Sasuke) "I don’t care what the heck he is! If he stays, he's a danger to everyone! Don't you see!? As he gets stronger, so does the Cursed Seal! That thing is feeding off his chakra! It's a forbidden technique that devours the one who bears it! It's incredible the kid's still standing. By now, he… should be dead."[33]